Sleeping-berth.



No. 734,519. 7 PATEN'I'ED JULY 28. 1903.

E. DAWE.

SLEEPING BERTHL APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2a, 1903.

N0 MODEL,

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJAH DAWE, OF COLLINGWOOD, CANADA.

SLEEPlNG-BERTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,519, dated July 28,1903.

Application filed January 26, 1903. Serial No. 140,645. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAH DAWE, tailor, of the town of Collingwood, inthe county of Simcoe, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Slee pin g-Berths, of which thefollowing is a specification.

'My invention relates to improvements in sleeping-berths, moreparticularly adaptable for rail-waysleeping-cars and steamshipstaterooms; and the object of the invention is to devise a simple meanswhereby the occupant of the upper berth may readily ascend thereto andbe held therein during sleep without any danger of being thrown out; andit consists, essentially, of a stirrup pivotally connected to the end ofa bar which is pivoted in the center of the berth, such bar being heldup by a spring-catch normally behind the outer side of the berth and abar pivotally held above the berth on suitable arms when in use, theparts being arranged and constructed in detail as hereinafter moreparticularly explained.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a sleeper or state-room,showing an upper and lower berth with portion of the outer side beingbroken away to exhibit the parts in my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlargedperspective detail showing theinside of the berth. Fig. 3 is a detail ofthe spring-catch by which the stirrup-bar is normally supported. Fig. 4me detail of the spring-catch by which the grasping-bar is normallysupported.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is the outer side of the berth; B, the stirrup-bar, which is pivotedon a spindle b, which extends through the bearing-bracket b in the sideof the berth and is provided at the outer end with a handle b The bar Bis limited in its throw by the quadrantal guard c,

.secured to the inside of the berth.

bar-E and has extending between it and the back of the socket in whichit fits spiral springs 6 one to each side of the stem e.

main.

a slot 6 in the plate E In the normal position the stirrup-bar B, as

'well as the stirrup, is held in position, as

shown by full lines in Figs. 1 and 2. In order to throw the stirrup downinto position for mounting into the upper berth, the ring e is pulledoutwardly, so as to throw the beveled end E, which has a flat supportingtop, inwardly, and thereby allow of the stirrup and bar to assume theposition shown in dot .The beveled end of the stem extends through I Gis a catch pivoted in the jaws g of the plate G and having underneaththe outer end the spiral spring g, which is suitably held in position.The opposite end is booked at q orpractically hooked. It will thus beseen that when the bar F is thrown upwardly by the handle 19 into theposition shown in dotted lines in the drawings the hooked end of the barG will pass up the beveled incline of the recess f and resume theposition shown in Fig. 4, the spring 9 allowing of the hooked'end g togive sufficiently so as to passthe arm, and such hooked end 9 serving tohold the arm, and consequently the bar, in position when thearm isupright. It will now be seen that the person Wishing to occupy the upperberth mayput his one foot into the stirrup D and grasp the bar F,whereupon he may readily rise and get into such upper berth. When mydevice isnot in use, the stirrup and bar may be pushed up into theposition shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2, and in passing up it willpass the beveled end of the catch and force it inwardly and passonwardly to the upper side of it and there re- By pressing in thespring-supported end of the lever G the hook g is forced outwardly andthe arm f maybe thrown downwardly and the bar F restored to the posi-'tion shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will be seen from this description that my device is very simple andwill obviate the great. inconvenience which has heretofore beenexperienced in passengers getting up ICO into the upper berths insleeping-cars and state-rooms.

What I claim as my invention isat one end of the same and located to thein side of the berth, a stirrup pivotally connected to the opposite endof the bar and designed with the bar to hang downwardly from the side ofthe berth when in use and a bandle on the outer end of the spindle forrestoring, the bar and stirrup to the closed position as and for thepurpose specified.

3. In sleeping-berths, the combination with the side of the upper berth,of a bar pivoted at one end of the same and located to the inside of theberth, a stirrup pivotally connected to the opposite end of the bar anddesigned with the bar to hang downwardly from the side of the berth whenin use and a recedable spring-catch designed to extend underneath thebar and hold it in a closed position as and for the purpose specified.

4. In sleeping-berths, the combination with the side of the upper berth,of a bar pivoted at one end of the same and located to the inside of theberth, a stirrup pivotally connected to the opposite end of the bar anddesigned with the bar to hang downwardly from the side of the berth whenin use and a catch having a stem extending through the side of theberth, a beveled end, a cross-bar, springs extending behind thecross-bar and a ring at the outer end whereby it may be pulled inwardly,so as to release the bar as and for the purpose specified.

5. In sleeping-berths, the combination with the bar pivoted in the sideof the berth and the stirrup pivotally connected to the free end of thebar, of a grasping-bar pivotally connected to arms pivotally connectedto the top of the berth, such arms being designed to stand upright, soas to hold the bar above the level of the side of the berth as and forthe purpose specified.

6. In sleeping-berths, the combination with the side of the berth, ofthe arms and bar and means for engaging the arms and holding themupright as and for the purpose specified.

7. In sleeping-berths, the combination with the side of the berth, ofthe arms and bars, one of the arms being provided with a beveled recessand a spring-actuated lever provided with a hooked end designed to passthrough such recess and grip and hold the arm when it is in the uprightposition as and for the purpose specified.

ELIJAI-I DAWE.

Witnesses:

E. G. MORRIS, H. A. CURRIE.

